April, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 69 42 56 17 9 7494 330 0 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.0 73.0 15.8 M M 2 62 37 50 10 15 7509 320 0 0 0 0.04 0.04 0.14 0.0 73.0 9.4 M M 3 61 30 46 6 19 7528 314 0 0 0 0 0.04 0.21 0.0 73.0 9.1 M M 4 65 48 57 16 8 7536 298 0 0 0 0.05 0.09 0.28 0 73.0 9.6 M M 5 57 49 53 12 12 7548 286 0 0 0 0.54 0.63 0.35 0 73.0 15.4 M M 6 51 16 34 -8 31 7579 294 0 0 0 0.01 0.64 0.42 0.2 73.2 21.7 M M 7 28 14 21 -22 44 7623 316 0 0 0 T 0.64 0.50 T 73.2 18.6 M M 8 31 9 20 -23 45 7668 339 0 0 0 0 0.64 0.58 0 73.2 11.9 M M 9 37 15 26 -18 39 7707 357 0 0 0 0 0.64 0.66 0.0 73.2 5.0 M M 10 33 27 30 -14 35 7742 371 0 0 0 0.04 0.68 0.74 0.4 73.6 4.6 M M 11 42 21 32 -12 33 7775 383 0 0 0 0 0.68 0.82 0.0 73.6 9.1 M M 12 48 25 37 -8 28 7803 391 0 0 0 0 0.68 0.90 0.0 73.6 10.7 M M 13 52 24 38 -7 27 7830 398 0 0 0 0 0.68 0.98 0.0 73.6 6.5 M M 14 57 26 42 -4 23 7853 402 0 0 0 0 0.68 1.06 0 73.6 12.4 M M 15 49 30 40 -6 25 7878 408 0 0 0 0 0.68 1.14 0 73.6 13.6 M M 16 43 24 34 -13 31 7909 421 0 0 0 T 0.68 1.22 T 73.6 12.4 M M 17 55 21 38 -9 27 7936 430 0 0 0 0 0.68 1.30 0 73.6 4.2 M M 18 52 42 47 -1 18 7954 431 0 0 0 0.11 0.79 1.38 0.0 73.6 9.1 M M 19 67 36 52 4 13 7967 427 0 0 0 0 0.79 1.46 0.0 73.6 7.4 M M 20 64 38 51 2 14 7981 425 0 0 0 0.05 0.84 1.54 0.0 73.6 6.1 M M 21 62 43 53 4 12 7993 421 0 0 0 0.01 0.85 1.62 0.0 73.6 9.0 M M 22 59 37 48 -2 17 8010 423 0 0 0 0 0.85 1.70 0.0 73.6 9.2 M M 23 55 40 48 -2 17 8027 425 0 0 0 0 0.85 1.79 0.0 73.6 12.5 M M 24 60 31 46 -4 19 8046 429 0 0 0 0 0.85 1.88 0.0 73.6 7.8 23 20 25 65 31 48 -3 17 8063 432 0 0 0 0 0.85 1.97 0 73.6 4.4 M M 26 64 35 50 -1 15 8078 433 0 0 0 0 0.85 2.06 0 73.6 4.7 M M 27 64 36 50 -2 15 8093 435 0 0 0 0.02 0.87 2.15 0 73.6 6.5 M M 28 70 35 50 -2 15 8108 437 0 0 0 T 0.87 2.24 0 73.6 8.1 M M 29 72 45 59 7 6 8114 430 0 0 0 0.10 0.97 2.33 0 73.6 13.1 M M 30 47 35 41 -12 24 8138 442 0 0 0 0.04 1.01 2.42 0 73.6 16.2 M M Monthly Summary for April ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 43.0 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -3.4 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX.... 54.7 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN.... 31.3 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 72 ON APR 29 LOWEST DAILY.... 9 ON APR 8 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 653 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +95 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 8138 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +442 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.01 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 11 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-1.41 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 3 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 4.20 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-1.99 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.55 INCHES ON APR 5-6 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.6 INCHES TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 73.6 INCHES GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.4 ON APR 10 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.59 INCHES ON APR 9 LOWEST....28.94 INCHES ON APR 5 ...CORRECTED... REMARKS...FOR THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW...THE TWIN CITIES HAVE BEEN DRIER THAN NORMAL...IT WAS ALSO A VERY COOL MONTH AND A COOL START TO SPRING. A SNOWY WINTER (THE AVERAGE SEASON SNOWFALL FOR THE TWIN CITIES HAD ALREADY BEEN SURPASSED BY LATE JANUARY) ONLY ADDED ANOTHER .6 INCHES OF SNOW TO BRING THE SEASONS TOTAL TO 73.6. NEW RECORDS WERE EXTABLISHED ON THE 8TH AND 9TH. ON THE 8TH THE OLD RECORD OF 16 SET IN 1923 WAS SMASHED WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 9. THE OLD RECORD OF 17 SET ON APRIL 9TH OF 1892 WAS BROKEN BY THE LOW OF 15. SCHALLER